Section VIII The present Mayor, &c. to continue till new Election.

New Election of Mayor, Sheriffs, and Chamberlain, to be made on the 26th May 1690; of Common Council 10th June.

Provided alwayes That the present Mayor Sheriffes Chamberlaine and Common Councill of the said City shall continue untill a new Election shall be made of such Officers and the persons elected sworne into their respective Offices and that such new Election be made at the times hereafter mentioned that is to say the Election of the Mayor and Sheriffes and Chamberlaine shall be made on the six and twentieth day of May in the yeare one thousand six hundred and ninety And the Election of the Common Councill shall be made on the tenth day of June in the yeare one thousand six hundred and ninety And such persons soe elected shall continue till the usuall times of Election of such Officers according to the antient Usage and Custome of the said City and from thence shall continue for the yeare ensueing